Safety-rule holder



D. CHAREST ET AL.

SAFETY RULE HOLDER.

Jan. 16, 1923.

H'LED AUG-6,1921.

.Ewvmns flake??? [Missiflzlvze 1 200236 I having its side walls 11 and 12 tapered. downwardly and inwardly. Theback wall proved rule holder.

Patented Jan. 16; 1923. i

U I ED T 5 1 VJZDQNQAT enemas-r enn- IM a-LAromTE, HULL, QUEBEC, r m.

' SAFETY-BULE HOLDER.

Application filed August e, 1921. Serial No. 490,394. I 1

T0 (all whomit may concern; l 1

Be it knownthat we, DONAT .CHAREsT and Amman LAPOINTE,'bOtl1 subjectsof the King ofGreat Britain, and 'both-residentsof the city of Hull, inthe Province of Quebec and Dominion of Canada,' have invented certain new and useful IInPIOVGmEIItS'IH Safetytule Holders, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in safetyruleholders, andhas for 'itsob jects to provide'a holder. especially adapted to be used tocarry-a folding carpenters rule together Withpthersmall tools that maybe usedby..theworker. 1

Further objects are to provide-aho'lde'r provided with resilient meansto carry the folding carpenters rule and? to". provide means whereby the body portion of the holder canbe carried in the pocket of'the overall, being secured thereto by suitable means provided on the said body portion.

Further objects still are to provide a holder which consists of an inwardly tapered body portion provided with two resilient members secured in the side walls thereof and designed to engage the rule or tool slipped therein.

Further objects still are to provide aholder of simple construction and not liable to go out of repair, and generallytoadapt the several parts to performthe functions required of them.

And it consists essentially of the improved construction hereinafter described in detail in the accompanying specifications and drawings.

In the drawings: Figure 1 is a perspective view of the im Figure 2 is a sectional elevation of the same.

Figure 3 is vertical section taken .at right angles to that 'shownin Figure 2.

Figure 4 is a sectional perspective view of the set screw used in combination. with the improved rule holder.

In the drawings, like characters'of ref erence indicate corresponding the figures. Referring to the drawings: f

A represents the improved safety rule holder which consists of abody portion 10 parts in all 13 of the body portion 10 extends higher I other wallsjand is formed-on the '7 back thereof: with a projection 14 formed with a threaded recess 15. The'rece'ss 15 is 7 designed to be engagedby the threaded shank of a setscrew 16. The rim of the head of theserew 16 is provided with in dentations 17 designed to; engage-the clot-h i of the overall; The side-walls .11-.and- 12 of the h'olderare provided adjacent the top thereof with. two-leaf springs '18:; and 19 riveted orbtherwisesecured thereto and havingtheir lower ends in close, relation to ne another holder is used, the same When this safety is, carried inside or outside the, overall pocket, and (the-projection 14:; is passed through the buttonhole,'being securely held," therein by means of the set screw 16 which is driven into the recess 15 while the inden-- tations 17 engage the cloth 'of the overall,

thus preventing the holder. to turn on the shank of the screw 16 as an axis. The folding rule is then slipped insidev the body por- 'tion and forcing the leaf; springs 18 and 19 apart, slides between them'and is held in I the body portion by the lateral pressure exerted against the sides of the rule by the "leaf springs .18 and 19. 1

' It is obvious. that a pencil could also be carried by the holder by being slipped into sliding engagement with one of the leaf springs after the rule has been placedin I the body portion.

or the rule is taken off from the holder, the

When either the pencil same is pulled downwardly or upwardly if the holder be placedinside the pocket, and 1 it will be seen that the'remaining tool will be held inside the body portion by the springs 18 and 19 springingback to normal The body portion lOis formed with walls 11 and 12 being tapered inwardly'so that more strength is thus provided in the" holder, which will thus have a minimum chance of being deformedl position. and thus engaging the pencil or rule remaining in the holder.

It is obvious that the body portion 10 could be .made of any desired material, but

the same ci'iuld be easily stamped in dies and the-sides being folded together could be welded so that the same would assumethe form shown in Figure 1 of the drawings.-

vIfthe body portion is to be made of one or, the lighter materials such as aluminum, it cannot be welded. but the-same could be cast in the desired form.

As many changes could be made in the above construction and many apparently widely different embodiments of our invention within the scope of the claims, constructed without, departing from the spirit or scope thereof it is intended that all matter contained in the accompanying specifi cation and drawings shall be 7 interpreted as illustrative and not in 'a" limiting sense.

What we claim as our invention is: v

1. A safety rul'e holder comprising a body portion having its-side walls tapering inwardly, resilient members carried by the said Walls and designed to-slidably engage the rule, one of the outer walls of the body portion being formed with a threaded recess, and a set screw on the recess as and for thepurpose specified.

2; A safety rule holder comprising abodyportion having its side walls tapering in wardly, resilient members CRlTlBCl' by the side walls and designed to slidably engage the rule, a projection on the outer back wall ofthe body portion formed with a threaded recess and'a set screw engaging the" recess as and for the purpose specified.

3. A safety rule holder'comprising body )ortion havin its side walls ta erin' inwardly, resilient members carried by the side Walls and designed to slidably engage ot' the body portion formed with a threaded recess aset screw engaging :the recess,v the set screw head being formedwlth an 1ndenztation, as and for the-purpose specified.

body having itslsidewalls tapering inwardly and downwardly, resilient members carried mally bearing'one against theother, the back wall 'of the body portionbein'g formed;

with an extending portion, substantially higherthan the remaining wall, a projection on the extension of the; back wall formed with a threaded recess, a set screw engaging therecess, the head of the set screw being formed'with a series of indentations "In witness whereofwe have hereunto set our hands in the presence of two witnesses:

' I DONAT GHAREST;

v AIMEE LAPOINTE,

Witnesses: 7

GEO: WVALLINGFORD;

A. M: KENNEDY.

4. A safety rule holder, comprising a 30 therule, a projection on the outer back wall 

